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Avon Products (Avon Products) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Avon Products Piotroski F-Score?

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Avon Products has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Avon Products's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

AVP' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 4   Max: 7
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Avon Products was 7. The lowest was 2. And the median was 4.


Avon Products Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avon Products's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Avon Products Piotroski F-Score Chart

Avon Products Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 6.00 3.00 5.00 3.00

Avon Products Quarterly Data
Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 4.00 2.00 3.00 5.00

Competitive Comparison of Avon Products's Piotroski F-Score

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Avon Products's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Avon Products's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Avon Products's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Avon Products's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Mar23) TTM:Last Year (Mar22) TTM:
Net Income was -74.9 + -124.1 + -131.9 + -120 = $-451 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -74.5 + 5.5 + 53.2 + -158.4 = $-174 Mil.
Revenue was 713.2 + 663.9 + 728.8 + 590.5 = $2,696 Mil.
Gross Profit was 403.5 + 368.2 + 419.2 + 352.1 = $1,543 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar22)
to the end of this year (Mar23) was
(2365.5 + 2219.7 + 2094.6 + 2161.7 + 2074.4) / 5 = $2183.18 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar22) was $2,366 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,720 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,117 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,580 Mil.
Net Income was -61.6 + -42.5 + -24.4 + -97.2 = $-226 Mil.

Revenue was 917 + 768.3 + 814.8 + 663.3 = $3,163 Mil.
Gross Profit was 532 + 447 + 465 + 371.7 = $1,816 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar21)
to the end of last year (Mar22) was
(2349.7 + 2438.4 + 2274.3 + 2307.8 + 2365.5) / 5 = $2347.14 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar21) was $2,350 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,017 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,087 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,986 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Avon Products's current Net Income (TTM) was -451. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Avon Products's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -174. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=-450.9/2365.5
=-0.19061509

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar21)
=-225.7/2349.7
=-0.09605482

Avon Products's return on assets of this year was -0.19061509. Avon Products's return on assets of last year was -0.09605482. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Avon Products's current Net Income (TTM) was -451. Avon Products's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -174. ==> -174 > -451 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=1719.8/2183.18
=0.78774998

Gearing (Last Year: Mar22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar21 to Mar22
=1016.6/2347.14
=0.43312286

Avon Products's gearing of this year was 0.78774998. Avon Products's gearing of last year was 0.43312286. ==> Last year is lower than this year ==> Score 0.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Current Ratio (This Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1116.8/1579.6
=0.70701443

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1087/1985.6
=0.54744158

Avon Products's current ratio of this year was 0.70701443. Avon Products's current ratio of last year was 0.54744158. ==> This year's current ratio is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Avon Products's number of shares in issue this year was 0. Avon Products's number of shares in issue last year was 0. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1543/2696.4
=0.57224447

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1815.7/3163.4
=0.57397104

Avon Products's gross margin of this year was 0.57224447. Avon Products's gross margin of last year was 0.57397104. ==> Last year's gross margin is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Mar22)
=2696.4/2365.5
=1.13988586

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar21)
=3163.4/2349.7
=1.34629953

Avon Products's asset turnover of this year was 1.13988586. Avon Products's asset turnover of last year was 1.34629953. ==> Last year's asset turnover is higher ==> Score 0.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=0+0+0+1+0+1+1+0+0
=3

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Avon Products has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Avon Products  (NYSE:AVP) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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Avon Products (Avon Products) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Nunn Mills Road, Lancaster House, Northampton, GBR, NN1 5PA
Avon Products Inc is a firm which manufactures and sells beauty and related products. Avon's product mix consists of beauty (cosmetics, fragrances, and skin care), fashion (accessories and apparel), and home (home products and gifts). Generating, a majority of its revenue from Beauty. The company's geographic operating segments includes Avon International and Avon Latin America.
Executives
Gustavo Arnal officer: Executive Vice President, CFO C/O AVON PRODUCTS, INC., 1 AVON PLACE, SUFFERN NY 10901
Fernandez Calero Miguel Angel officer: Global President 800 W. OLYMPIC BLVD. SUITE 406, LOS ANGELES CA 90015
James A Mitarotonda director 888 SEVENTH AVENUE 17TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10019
Chan Galbato director 191 E NORTH AVENUE, CAROL STREAM IL 60188
Nancy Killefer director 3170 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Helen Mccluskey director 2211 REDDING ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 06430
Lenard Tessler director C/O ALBERTSONS COMPANIES, INC., 250 E. PARKCENTER BLVD., BOISE ID 83706
W Don Cornwell director
Susan J Kropf director C/O AVON PRODUCTS INC, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105-0196
Cathy D Ross director 901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
James E Thompson officer: Senior Vice President 250 EAST FIFTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Charles H Noski director ONE PICKWICK PLAZA, GREENWICH CT 06830
Steven F Mayer director 11812 SAN VICENTE BLVD. # 300, LOS ANGELES CA 90049
Sherilyn S Mccoy director, officer: CEO JOHNSON & JOHNSON, ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLAZA, NEW BRUNSWICK NJ 08933
James S Scully officer: EVP, COO C/O J. CREW GROUP, INC., 770 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10003